Nottingham Theatre Royal

Carlton Operatic Society's production of Shrek the Musical is an all-singing, all-dancing comedy adaptation from Dreamwork's Shrek. Nottingham Theatre Royal was buzzing with excitement before the spectacular show, and it certainly did not disappointment. Izzy Hunter reviews....

Amrit Virdi shares her thoughts on Wise Children's clever adaptation of Wuthering Heights as it comes to Nottingham's Theatre Royal from 26th-30th April....

On the 14th of March, I had the opportunity to watch the critically acclaimed National Theatre production of War Horse at the Theatre Royal. Based on the Michael Morpurgo novel, this version of War Horse is wonderfully adapted by Nick Stafford and presented in association with the award-winning Handspring...

Enchanting waltzes, beautifully designed 1940’s fashion and a dreamy romance; it can all be found in Matthew Bourne’s Cinderella. Inspired by Prokifiev’s heavenly, yet eerie ballet, composed during World War II, the audience is easily transported back to a period where time was of the essence, for no one...

Goucher, Gale and Myer’s Hairspray does exactly what it says on the bottle: Nottingham’s Theatre Royal burst with colour and glitter in this feel-good, fabulous musical. Yet the rawness of the racial issues of 1960s America remains intact with the uncomfortable realities woven comfortably into the uplifting and energetic...

Very few fairy tales pose the challenges to staging that The Little Mermaid does, and I must confess I was rather confused as to how a story partially set underwater where the protagonist has a fish’s tail instead of legs would work as a ballet. However, I was wrong...